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Mark E Smith with Austin Collings - Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E Smith

Mark E Smith with Austin Collings - Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E Smith

8 May 2008

MUSIC BIOGRAPHY (Viking) The real joy of Mark E Smith and The Fall has always been expecting the unexpected. His music has always stuck to a rigid formula but is somehow never formulaic, and he’s survived every British musical subculture since punk…

Paolo Nutini

Paolo Nutini

21 Aug 2006

He has some beautiful tunes and cheekbones to match but Mark Robertson reckons Paolo Nutini has what it takes to make the successful transition from aspirant roadie to international superstar. Reclining in the June sunshine on the verdant grass…

Virgin to become Zavvi

18 Sep 2007

Sir Richard Branson has sold 125 Virgin record stores in the UK and Ireland, which will see the Megastores rebranded as Zavvi. The value of the deal has not been disclosed but the business – sold to a group of senior staff – will continue to be run…

Hadouken!

Hadouken! - Music for an Accelerated Culture

10 Apr 2008

INDIE/RAVE/GRIME/PUNK/ELECTRO (Atlantic) The so-called new rave scene has been responsible for spewing out a load of old meaningless tosh since it was coined by desperate music journalists two years ago, but its latest wrong comes in the form of the…

The Cool Kids

The Cool Kids

14 Feb 2008

HIP HOP Ego, Edinburgh, Sun 17 Feb For the past few years hip hop in the states has been suffering. In 2007 album sales nose-dived and the ‘hip hop tycoon’ icon with clothing labels, butlers and perfumes finally crumbled under street level scrutiny.

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Popular events

Fantasylands
Date	Location
Fantasylands hold their winter music festival, a huge rave of dance beats, house, trance and hardcore across five arenas with Public Domain, Shades of Rhythm, Ultrasonic, Tall Paul and many more acts.
24 Nov 6.00–6.00am	Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Festival 2009
Date	Location
Edinburgh's annual cultural extravaganza returns for another exciting year of dance, opera and theatre.
14 Aug 2009–6 Sep 2009 (Times vary)	Various Venues, Edinburgh

Music Like A Vitamin
Date	Location
Bumper bill of Scottish acts play over two nights as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival. Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones curates Thursday's bill, which includes Teenage Fanclub frontman Norman Blake, Sons & Daughters and The Twilight Sad, while Sushil Dade of Future Pilot AKA and ex-Delgado Emma Pollock are joined by King Creosote, Alasdair Roberts, Strike the Colours, The Phantom Band and Kim Edgar on Friday. BMX Bandit Duglas T Stewart comperes both nights.
9 Oct–10 Oct 6.30	ABC, Glasgow

Adnan Sami
Date	Location
Singer, pianist, actor and composer who style merges Indian and western styles from classical to jazz to pop-rock.
14 Oct 7.30	SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow

Abba The Show
Date	Location
Tribute to the mighty Swedes.
17 Oct 6.30	AECC, Aberdeen
18 Oct 4.30 & 8.00	SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow

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Popular places

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY Scotland

Eden Court Theatre

Bishop's Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA Scotland

His Majesty's Theatre

Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1GL Scotland

Cottier's

93–95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow, G11 5PX

Nestled in the eaves of one wing of an old church that also houses a theatre and bar is Cottier's restaurant. Decorated in gold and blue and lit with fairy lights, the dining room can feel like one of Glasgow's more romantic settings. The food is…

Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1QS Scotland